While creating storyboards and illustrations for a historical site in Philadelphia  called The President’s House, Rah Crawford was introduced to the research of David S. Barnes, Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. It was through David’s work that Rah first learned of the Ganges Africans, their miraculous rescue, and their arrival to Pennsylvania. From that historic seed of inspiration, the idea for a fictional story about an unbreakable love that overcomes the greatest of obstacles was born.

Rah spent more than a decade honing his craft for storytelling by studying John Truby’s book, The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller. Having received the book as an anniversary gift from his wife, it soon became the compass and guide for his quest to paint pictures on the canvas of the mind.

The Art History Archives includes Rah Crawford on a short list of 17 Neo-Pop artists whose work defines the genre, alongside Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, and Jeff Koons. The New York Times has described Rah’s work as “Buoyant” “Exuberant” and “Optimistic”. ABC News once reported that “he arrived on the art scene and helped to change the face of contemporary art.”

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